Uprooted Minds: A Social Psychoanalysis for Precarious Times

In the second edition of Uprooted Minds, Hollander offers a unique social psychoanalytic exploration of our increasingly destabilized political environment, augmented by her research into the previously untold history of psychoanalytic engagement in social issues. She highlights the devastating effects of group trauma and encourages reflections on social power, hegemonic ideology, large group dynamics, and unconscious processes. Her epilogue argues for a decolonial psychoanalysis that addresses coloniality and white supremacy as the latent forces responsible for our deepening political crises and environmental catastrophe. The book is essential for those in psychoanalysis, politics, economics, globalization, and history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 10 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In her second edition of Uprooted Minds, Hollander delves into a unique social psychoanalytic exploration of our increasingly unstable political landscape, enriched by her extensive research into the previously untold history of psychoanalytic engagement in addressing the challenging social issues of our time. This book resembles a political thriller, as Hollander's social psychoanalytic analysis of the devastating consequences of group trauma is illuminated through testimonials by U.S. and South American psychoanalysts who have weathered the vagaries of their countries authoritarian political regimes and destabilizing economic crises. Hollander encourages readers to contemplate their role as social/psychological subjects through her elaboration of the reciprocal influence of social power, hegemonic ideology, large group dynamics, and unconscious processes. Her epilogue, written a decade after the first edition of Uprooted Minds, extends its themes to the present period, advocating for a decolonial psychoanalysis that addresses coloniality and white supremacy as the underlying forces contributing to our escalating political crises and environmental catastrophe. She demonstrates how the progressive psychoanalytic activism portrayed in the book, which once existed on the periphery of the profession, has gradually moved to the center of psychoanalytic theory and practice over the past decade.

This book holds immense significance for individuals engaged in work or with an interest in the fields of psychoanalysis, politics, economics, globalization, and history. Its insights and revelations will undoubtedly deepen our understanding of these complex and interconnected domains.

Weight: 950g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032416359
Edition number: 2 ed